The maritime museum that boasts the largest nautical library in the western hemisphere.

The final resting place of two (or three) presidents, one vampire, and 18,000 Confederate soldiers.

The United States’s oldest funicular railway glides up and down a steep Pittsburgh street.

There aren't too many operational funiculars around, but Pittsburgh has two!

Inspired by a foil-wrapped potato, (seriously) the Markel Building has been deemed one of the 10 ugliest buildings in the world.

This 29-ton granite ball spins around at the slightest touch thanks to a scientific phenomenon.

This museum devoted to the gothic author holds such interesting ephemera as his socks and walking stick.

Heron, whitewater rapids, and urban industrialism all add to the beauty of this concrete nature walk.

From Austrians to Nazis to Soviets, this historic Budapest fortress has a history as complex as the city itself.

Budapest's Communist-era statues, banished to the suburbs.